[AstroPy] astropy in Debian, Scientific Linux?

[Brandon Rhodes]

Leo Singer <lsinger at caltech.edu> writes:

> Could you get the time conversion functions that you need from NOVAS
> (http:// aa.usno.navy.mil/software/novas/novas_c/novasc_info.php)?
> Although you would want to contact its maintainers to check, I think
> that NOVAS is not just free, it's actually in the public domain.

You are correct about NOVAS and its status: I was myself able to package
and make NOVAS available on the Python Package Index (as the "novas"
distribution) because it is entirely free of either copyright or
license.

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